Friday, February 07, 2003

Will Amnesty International Help?

What happened to this great organization? They won't help ... at least not if helping the persecuted also helps a Republican.

Adnan Abdul Karim Enad's relatives were shocked to see him clambering into a UN inspector's jeep on January 25 clutching a notebook and screaming "Save me! Save me!" in Arabic. A UN inspector sat motionless in the front seat as Iraqi guards pulled the 29-year-old man out of the car and carried him away by his arms and legs.

Abidalrahim Al-Nuimi, a relative living in America, said the family was involved with the Iraqi opposition abroad and Adnan may have feared retaliation by Iraqi authorities.

"I believe he did that to get refugee (status) because he cannot wait too long. I know this guy very well. He is aggressive. He ran away from the Iraqi army because he did not think he could serve Saddam. They put him in jail for two years."